We went to visit Todd's brother and his darling family for New Years and while we were there, we went back to visit the little town where we lived just after we graduated from BYU before Todd went back to school to get his PhD.
We moved to Michigan when Jakob was two and Drew was newborn. Anna and Ellie were both born when we lived in Michigan. I was 8 and a half months pregnant with Leah when we moved to Texas. We lived there the summer of 2000 to the summer of 2006, ten years ago.
It was SO good to see the places of our past and the people who are intertwined in our memories.
I thought of this poem...
My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He weaveth steadily.
Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.
Not ’til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And reveal the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned
He knows, He loves, He cares;
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives the very best to those
Who leave the choice to Him.
(Corrie ten Boom)
Honestly, my heart remembered people that my mind didn't. Although we've been gone ten years, it really didn't feel like we'd been gone long. It is so cool to see kids you knew in their youth all grown up. We saw friends and mothers who taught me how to be a mom.
It would be so cool if we could all do a Back to the Future run every now and then to see our now-- ten years from now.
Yes, God is good. I know he molds us and guides us to different places at different times in our lives. I'm thankful for our time in Michigan, but I'm also thankful for our time in New York. Ten years from now, we will look back on this stage of our lives with great love and gratitude.
I'm extra grateful to be alive for today.
Life is good.
I love this post, the only thing that I had to "giggle" about was your saying that some of these dear life long friend "thought" you how to be a mom. Seems to be you were born to be a mother.
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